The Classification of Butterflies 



6. HiDiipti'ia. 



Suborders: 

 Parasita (Lice). 



Stcniorhyncha (Aphids, Mealy BugG, etc.). 

 Homoptera (Cicada, Tree-hoppers, etc.). 

 //f/fro/>/^ra(Ranatra, Belostoma, Water-spiders. Squash-bugs, Bedbugs, etc.) 



7. Coleoptcra. 



Suborders : 



Co'ptotetranicra (Lady-birds, etc.). 

 Cr\'ptopcutjmeii.i (Leaf-beetles, Longhorns, Weevils, etc.). 

 Heteroiuera (Blister-beetles, Meal-beetles, etc.). 



Peiitamera (Fire-flies, Skipjacks, June-bugs, Dung-beetles, Stag-beetles, 

 Rove-beetles, Tiger-beetles, etc.). • 



Metabola 



Undergoing for the most part a complete metamorphosis from egg, through 

 larva and pupa, to imago, 



ORDERS 



8. /ipbaniptera (Fleas). 



9. Diptera. . 



Suborders : 



Orthorhapha{^ess\2tn¥\\&s, Buffalo-gnats, Mosquitos, Crane-flies, Horse-flies). 

 Cyclorhapha (Syrphus, Bot-flies, Tsetse, House-flies, etc.). 



10. Lepidoptera. 



Suborders : 

 Rhopalocera (Butterflies). 

 Hetcrocera (Moths). 



1 1 . Hymeiioptcra. 



Suborders : 



Tercbiaiitia (Saw-flies, Gall-wasps, Ichneumon-flies, etc.). 

 AcuJcata (Ants, Cuckoo-flies, Digger-wasps, True Wasps, Bees). 



It will be seen by glancing at the foregoing table that the 

 butterflies and moths are included as suborders in the tenth 

 group of the list, to which is applied the name Lepidoptera. 

 This word, like most other scientific words, is derived from the 

 Greek, and is compounded of the noun Xe'rig {lepis), which sig- 

 nifies a scale, and the noun itts^Im (pferoii), which signifies a 

 •tivw^. The butterflies and moths together constitute the order of 

 scale-winged insects. The appropriateness of this name will no 

 doubt be at once recognized by every reader, who, having perhaps 

 unintentionally rubbed off some of the minute scales which clothe 

 the wings of a butterfly, has taken the trouble to examine them 

 under a microscope, or who has attentively read what has been 



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